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Tough times for men, in and out of school
Steve Brawner Comments Jun 02, 2013 1:00amMy alma mater, Ouachita Baptist University, and my wife’s alma mater, Henderson State University, sit across the street from each other in Arkadelphia. In many ways they are in different worlds –...
Heading toward a cliff, by the way
Steve Brawner Comments May 30, 2013 1:00amImagine that a family is on vacation and driving through unfamiliar territory, which tends to make people uncomfortable, which leads to disagreements.
Mom and Dad are in the front seat,...
For one night, Arkansans spoke up
Steve Brawner Comments May 26, 2013 1:00amOn April 4, 2002, something pretty amazing happened — people across Arkansas had a serious discussion about an important political issue. They agreed; they disagreed; they were nice to each other...
Wait over for one foster child
Steve Brawner Comments May 23, 2013 1:00amThe 11-year-old stood before the stage at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock May 18 and waited to hear her name, Hannah Cranford.
On July 5, 2011, she had waited to hear a judge...
Budget news mostly good, some bad
Steve Brawner Comments May 19, 2013 1:00amThere was good news and bad news about the federal government’s finances this week. Let’s start, and end, with the good news.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week estimated that...
Two schools marry while one gets a divorce
Steve Brawner Comments May 16, 2013 1:00amOn Monday, the State Board of Education agreed to let the 357-student Bradley School District merge voluntarily with the not-that-much-bigger Emerson-Taylor School District. It’s a marriage of...
Too much bigger to fail
Steve Brawner Comments Updated: May 12, 2013 8:10pmI try not to write about things I don’t know much about, and I’ll be the first to admit I understand little about high finance. But I do know this: If something is too big to fail, then it’s too...
The art of legislating
Steve Brawner Comments May 09, 2013 1:00amLet’s start this column with the kind of quote that usually would appear at the end: “To me that’s the art of legislating,” Key said. “I go into it with what I want, what I think is best,...
Changing the terms on term limits
Steve Brawner Comments May 05, 2013 1:00amIn 1992, Arkansas voters approved one of the country’s strictest legislative term limits laws: three two-year terms in the state House and two four-year terms in the Senate. Next November, they’ll...
Changing the world with facebook and a festival
Steve Brawner Comments May 02, 2013 1:00amIt’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the Capitol steps, and 20 political activists with the Free and Equal Foundation are holding a rally, standing behind a sign, and speaking into a bullhorn at...
